Nigeria Internet Registration Association
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| Type: | Non Profit |
| Industry: | Registry |
| Founded: | March 23, 2005 |
| Ownership: | Multi-Stakeholder Association |
| Headquarters: | 9 Kofo Abayomi Street Victoria Island Lagos |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Email: | admin[at]nira.org.ng |
| Website: | NiRA |
| Facebook: | [1] |
| Twitter: |  @niraworks
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| Key People | |
| Mary Uduma, President A. Odeyemi, Chairman Board of Trustees | |
NiRA or Nigerian Internet Registration Association is the registry of .ng domain names. Besides the ccTLD it supports some other second level domains including com.ng, edu.ng, name.ng, net.ng, org.ng, sch.ng, gov.ng, mil.ng and mobi.ng.[1]
NiRA follows the Registry/Registrar model according to which .ng domain names can be registered through a NiRA accredited registrar. It does not directly register domain names.[2]
Miss Mary Uduma, president of the organization, opposes ICANN's decision to create a .xxx sTLD.[3]
History
NiRA was started as a stakeholder organization in 2005 for the maintenance of .ng domain names, prior to which, the ccTLD was managed by the National Information Technology Development Agency on behalf of the Federal Government and was hosted in the USA by an American Randy Bush. Its Board of Trustees was elected in 2007 and its Executive Board in 2010.[4] To promote the ccTLD NiRA offered 50,000 free .ng domain names to its customers in March, 2011.[5]
Switch to .ng
NiRA has recently started a campaign 'Switch to .ng' urging Nigerian firms to register .ng domains. It aims to improve the visibility of Nigeria on the Internet by creating local content with ensured content security. As a result of campaign local, as well as international, companies have started giving attention to .ng domains.[6] Furthermore, .ng is an Open ccTLD, and thus can be registered by anyone around the globe. With its innovative Executive and the support of the National Information Technology Development Agency of Nigeria (NITDA) and the excellent leadership of the Ministry of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Jognson, the switchto.gov.ng has been accepted with a deadline set in Agusut 18th, 2014 for all Government Bodies at all levels to change.
Events
NiRA, in collaboration with other internet related bodies, have organised a lot of activities to date.
The Digital Sense Forum 2010, which held in Lagos.[7]. The Local Internet Content Forum (LICF)
Others expected are: Corporate 1000 NG Corps et al; to mention a few.
It represents Nigeria in ICANN fora and is interested in hosting an ICANN meeting planned for 2015.[8]
External Links
- NiRA registrars list.